Last December I was asked to co-lead the Highline trip to Death Valley for their 30th Annual Trail Marathon. I did a fair amount of research leading up to race day. Time spent obsessively Googling images of the elevation gain, and learning about past races that needed to be canceled or rerouted due to unexpected rainstorms. I wondered what I would wear on race day because according to blogs, “when you start, it could be 35 degrees, but when you finish it might be 70 degrees.” Would I wear gloves? Shorts? A tank? A parka? Needless to say I spent plenty of time in my head and on the internet and probably not enough time running up and down hills.

Like road running, the most important thing you need for trail running is a good pair of shoes to keep your feet happy. You might be wondering why you can't just wear your regular running shoes on the trails? If you're running on flat, groomed, non-technical trails like the Manayunk Canalpath or Forbidden Drive in the Wissahickon, you can probably keep running in your regular sneakers (depending on how dirty you want them to get!).

Halloween is all about ghouls, goblins and GHOSTs. Before anyone gets spooked, I'm not talking about the apparition type of Ghost but the kind your feet pitter-patter aka run in: the Brooks Ghost 10 GTX. Don't be scared, keep on reading...

Based on prior experience with ON running shoes, and their generally funky appearance I was 100% primed to not be a fan of the ON Cloudventure Peak. However, I really enjoyed my trail miles while rocking the ON Cloudventure Peak.

Running in the Philadelphia area continues to grow and grow. From the races to beautiful trails and places to run to great groups, we consider ourselves very lucky to be surrounded by such a wonderful running community. Here's who we're running with this week!

It's hard to find a runner in Philadelphia who doesn't run through one of the city's parks on a regular basis. Philadelphia has one of the largest urban park systems in the world! There are over 11,000 acres of parks in the city for it's residents and visitors to enjoy.

While we love running through the city streets, we're taking our runs to the trails for Week 5 of our Summer Challenge and having a special sale in our shops: $15 off of all trail shoes June 26th - July 2nd.